Re: Updated email to Doctor

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You should find a new job. Go to the labor board about the wages issue.

And file a hostile work place complaint AFTER you have a new job somewhere

else. That is what I would do. No one has a right to treat you badly. You

have

the right not to allow them.

a

[Guest guest]

I may be wrong but, I think Dept of Labor needs to

hear what is going on with your boss cheating you out

of the hours you work. That sounds illegal to me.

--- chris_chringle@...

wrote:

> Ok, I just sent the following to my doctor. I am

also letting you all

> read it unedited (other than email address and other

personal info).

>

>

> --- Re:

> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:45:51 -0700

>

> To: S. Ahrens

> References:

>

>

>

>

> Hello;

>

> Just a quick follow up to my last email. I have

only about 20 minutes

> before catching a bus to work.

>

> If you could also share this with Dr. Chaney I'd be

obliged.

>

> Anyway, as I mentioned, I've been feeling not so

much happy as not

> depressed. Everything was going along ok and I was

happy about it.

> I've been getting out a bit more. I went to a

couple of training

> classes for work down in Kent and the bus passes by

South Center Mall.

> So I got off there and did some walking around,

window shopping and

> buying books.

>

> Now for the problems. At work the other day, a lady

customer (one of

> our regulars who knows me) mentioned that my haircut

looked nice. Being

> in a good mood, I said, " Thank you. Maybe you can

try it sometime. "

> Smiling all the while. I only meant it in a

humourous way, and I've

> joked with her before. This time she took it wrong

and told the owner

> that I had insulted her.

>

> As it would happen, about two weeks ago, after

cleaning up the area of

> the store by the Slurpees, I went back by the are

about 3 minutes

> later. A couple young kids had gotten Slurpees and

they left about six

> lids laying on the counter. No big deal. I picked

them up and

> mentioned, " Next time, please don't leave the lids

laying on the

> counter, please? " . Their mother heard and started

yelling that her kids

> didn't do it. That her kids -never- make messes. I

tried to calm her

> down, but she kept yelling. Another customer, who I

was helping, told

> her to shut up and then told her a few other things,

like " Go back where

> you came from " , which made no sense to me, since

they were both white.

> Anyway, the owner of course took her word over mine

and I almost got

> fired on the spot. The only reason I didn't is that

the manager

> intervened and pleaded for me. Although the main

reason he did is that

> I do a lot of his work, even the stuff that the

owner has put in writing

> and we have signed saying that the manager does it.

(The paper with the

> writing was about who did what, not just the manager

and I.)

>

> Anyway, I am now feeling -very- bad. My birthday is

real soon (27

> Aug). I try not to get depressed on that day, but I

have no one to

> share it with. Now I have to walk on eggs forever

at the store. The

> owner said that the next time I will be fired for

any complaint at all.

> And he doesn't care about anything that happens. I

had a person assault

> me at a bus stop around 11pm once and I filed a

police report, although

> he was gone by the time they got there. The bus

driver who was there

> said that he looked like he was on drugs of some

type. Anyway, he came

> into our store several weeks later. I had a bad

back at the time. He

> made his way up to the counter and had several

people after him in

> line. He asked for a pack of cigarettes. I asked

if he wanted a soft

> pack or a hard pack. He said it made no difference,

so I gave him a

> hard pack, since that is the most popular. He could

see that it caused

> me a bit of pain. He said he wanted a soft pack.

So I put that back

> and got the soft pack. He then said he wanted a

hard pack. At that

> time the other customers were getting upset and my

back was really

> hurting from the bending so spaced together. I told

him to please

> leave. He came back the next day and complained. I

told the owner what

> happened and about the assault report. He said that

he didn't care. He

> was a customer and I should make the sale.

>

> At another time a customer bought a beer at night

and started to pay for

> it. While making change I asked if he wanted a bag

for it. (Liquor

> board quote - " The is NO bag law in th

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Gloria Lysa gloria9055@...

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You need to see about getting another job. No job is worth putting up

with that kind of abuse. Start checking the classifieds and calling up

agencies. You are an employee, not a slave. Being proactive rather

than reactive will do wonders for your mood and self-esteem.